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5. Is absent without leave for three (3) or more working days, unless a reasonable excuse <br />for absence is shown. <br />12.03 Bargaining unit employees appointed to the position of supervisor, shall lose all bargaining <br />unit seniority rights on the ninetieth (90'h) day following their appointment. <br />12.04 Years of service for purposes of promotion shall be defined as years of service within a <br />classification included in the bargaining unit. <br />ARTICLE 13 <br />HOURS OF WORK <br />13.01 The normal workweek for regular full-time employees shall be forty (40) hours of work in <br />five (5) days of eight (8) consecutive hours each day, exclusive of the time allotted for meals, <br />during the period starting at 12:01 a.m. Sunday to midnight Saturday. An employee's workday <br />begins with the commencement of his regular shift. This section shall not be construed as a <br />guarantee of hours of work per day or per week, and the City reserves the right to establish and <br />change hours of work, shifts and schedule of hours, provided that this section shall not be construed <br />to give the City the right to reduce the workweek below forty (40) hours per week for any full- <br />time, permanent, hourly employee. <br />13.02 Unless the supervisor and employee agree to a temporary change in hours of work the <br />following provisions apply: In the event a change in hours of work becomes necessary, due to <br />permanent or seasonal requirements, or a special project agreed to between the City and the Union, <br />the individual(s) concerned and the Union shall be advised ten (10) working days prior to the <br />change going into effect. If the Union requests, the parties shall meet and discuss the reasons for <br />such changes. Further, if there is a dispute as to the change, the parties will attempt to resolve the <br />dispute. It is recognized that the changes will not be made for arbitrary, capricious or <br />discriminatory reasons. <br />13.03 All employees shall be allowed not less than sixty (60) uninterrupted minutes for a <br />scheduled lunch period, except for other mutually agreed upon schedules. Employees who <br />currently work an eight and a half (8 1/2) hour day shall continue to receive a thirty (30) minute <br />uninterrupted lunch period as part of their eight and a half (8 1/2) hour day. <br />13.04 There shall be two (2) fifteen (15) minute rest periods on each shift each workday. The <br />rest periods, to the extent practicable, will be scheduled during the middle two (2) hours of each <br />shift, but they may not be scheduled immediately before or after the meal period, or at the start or <br />end of a shift unless requested by the employee and agreed to by the City. Additionally, employees <br />working overtime shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute break after two (2) hours of overtime. <br />13.05 Where two (2) or more employees are qualified to do the job whose hours are being <br />changed, the City shall request volunteers by seniority. If no employee volunteers, then the least <br />senior qualified employee shall be required to make the change. <br />10 <br />